Research poster examples: finished sample posters by field
These are finished sample research posters, one per field, each made with a PosterScientist template and filled in with realistic but entirely fictional content: invented authors, institutions and data. They show what a complete poster looks like, not an empty template.
Under each example you will find what makes it work and the template it uses, so you can open the same layout and replace the sample text with your own.
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Sample research posters
Mobilising within 24 h shortens hip fracture stays
Medicine (randomised trial). The title states the finding, not the topic. Methods are written as labelled lines (design, participants, intervention, outcome) so reviewers can check them in seconds, and the one chart compares the two arms directly.
Q fever endocarditis in a marathon runner
Clinical case report. A case poster follows the clinical story: background, presentation, a week-by-week timeline, investigations and three learning points. The learning points are numbered because they are what visitors photograph.
A recyclable iron catalyst for room-temperature amide coupling
Chemistry. Conditions are listed like an experimental section, and the results chart answers the obvious question about a recyclable catalyst: does the yield hold up over five cycles?
Restored hedgerows double pollinator visits
Ecology. A paired design is easy to explain with a two-bar chart. The discussion adds the one caveat a field ecologist will ask about: how far the effect extends into the crop.
"I felt seen": first-generation students and peer mentoring
Social science (qualitative). Qualitative results are presented as named themes with one short participant quote each. There is no chart; the quotes do the work, and the conclusion turns the themes into a practical recommendation.
A low-cost vibration sensor for early bearing fault detection
Engineering. The panel grid walks through problem, objective, method and result. The comparison against a commercial reference system is the headline, so it gets the only chart.
Daily step goals lower blood pressure (better-poster style)
Public health (billboard layout). The main finding is a plain-English sentence in very large type, readable from across the hall. Details sit in the side columns for people who stop to ask questions.
What the best poster examples have in common
- A title that is a finding: "Mobilising within 24 h shortens stays" rather than "Effect of early mobilisation".
- One main figure that proves the title, placed in the middle of the poster or at the top of the results column.
- Methods as short labelled lines or a diagram, never long paragraphs.
- Fewer than 800 words in total, with the rest of the detail in the paper behind a QR code.
A poster presentation example: the two-minute pitch
When someone stops at the medicine example above, a good two-minute pitch sounds like this: "Hip fracture patients often stay in hospital for almost two weeks. We randomised 240 patients to start walking within 24 hours or at the usual two to three days. Early walking cut the median stay from 11 to 8 days, and falls did not increase. So our message is simple: mobilise on day one. Happy to go through the methods if you're interested."
That pitch follows the same order as the poster, problem, what we did, what we found, so-what, and ends with an invitation rather than more detail. Write yours before the session and time it.
About the sample content
All names, institutions, results and references on these sample posters are invented for illustration. They are not real studies and should not be cited. The layouts are real templates rendered in the editor; text size was increased to fill each box, as you would with the editor's text-size control.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use these examples as templates?
Yes. Each example names the template it uses. Open that template from the templates page and replace the text with your own; the sample content itself is not included in the template.
Are these real research posters?
No. They are realistic samples with fictional authors, institutions and data, made to show what a finished poster looks like.
Which example should I follow for a case report?
Follow the Q fever case report. It uses the Case Report template, whose sections follow the usual case-poster structure.